Oil painting of Vincent de Paul
“The main purpose for which God has called the Daughters of Charity and brought them together is to honor our Lord Jesus Christ as the source and model of all charity, serving Him corporally and spiritually in the person of the poor …”
Vincent de Paul, Common Rules of the Daughters of Charity.
Correspondence, Conferences, and Documents, Vol. 13b, Document 149a, p.147.
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